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Laverne Cox, an equal rights activist and transgender actress, says that Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the United States military “further stigmatizes” transgender people and treats them “as if we are less than human.”There are a lot of trans folks out there, there are a lot of kids out there who are struggling, and I always say to you that your lives matter, your voices matter and that you are loved and that you are here for a divine purpose and I believe that.Trump announced the ban on Twitter Wednesday morning, citing medical expenses as a driving force for the decision.As CNN pointed out, a 2016 Rand Corp. study found that transgender people serving in the military would have a “minimal impact” on health care costs.When I talk about politics, I try to be loving and magnanimous and encourage empathy and love and understanding across difference.

The Circus’ Creator’s Advice for Beleaguered White House Press Corps: ‘Continue Showing UpInside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, said reporters should continue to attend White House press briefings, even if they increasingly feel like a high-wire act.“I think the North Star in all these decisions for individual journalists or the press corps as a whole is, what is the public interest?” Halperin told TheWrap.[...] Read: HBO Sets Miniseries Based on 2016 Presidential ElectionThings got so bad, a clearly irritated Jim Acosta, CNN’s White House correspondent, vented on the air that Press Secretary Sean Spicer was getting to a point “where he’s kind of useless.”“There could come a time that what’s in the public interest is to change course with how to get access or get honest answers,” Halperin said.Halperin spoke to TheWrap about what it’s like covering Trump’s White House, whether or not the Russia scandal is this generation’s Watergate, and the one person he’s still hoping to book on his show.There were some questions about using the same format of government and the country’s reaction to it without predictable events that had area of propulsion, would it still work?[...] you have one dominant story, the circus surrounding Donald Trump and the people’s reaction to it, and if you’re not covering that story, you are the B-story at best.Washington seems to have all the elements of a well-crafted reality show, with villains and secondary characters and bombastic unscripted moments.Standard reality shows do not stand a chance against the uber reality of the Trump Administration.In general, I still would love to interview [Vladimir] Putin, now that things are piling up and the U.S. government believes he played a role in the election.Read original story ‘The Circus’ Creator’s Advice for Beleaguered White House Press Corps: ‘Continue Showing Up’ At TheWrap